PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

That’s a figure Webster said she found hard to believe, but Xiao said that’s because she does most of her dining Boston — where phones’ prominence is a lot lower and digital channels are far more strongly developed. We really focused on what we can do to scale down the onboarding time and make this operational in a matter of days.”.

New Hampshire 180

New Hampshire System Boston Operations 180

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

With a big focus on technology in Silicon Valley and Boston, New York City slowly made its way to becoming a powerhouse tech player. With New York City having tech company offices including the likes of Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, the city has a lot to offer in terms of tech job opportunity and growth.

New York City 100

New York City New York Community Industry 100

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

Filling that hole — and making it easy for customers to get their drinks delivered right to their doors — is an area that caught the eye of many an innovator. Boston-based Drizly , which raised more than $35 million, has a foothold in 70 cities and a stated ambition to be the “Amazon of Alcohol.”

New York 100

New York Operations Retail Boston 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The Hilton hotel chain is now allowing its customers to redeem their Hilton Honors rewards points via Amazon, making it the first hotel operator to offer such an ability. The smart glasses will look like regular old glasses and will not have a screen or camera like Google Glass did, despite being built by the same developer, Babak Parviz.

Strategy 102

Strategy Los Angeles Retail Google 102

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Maybe it is the umpteenth attempt by Google to insert itself into payments. We profile innovators on PYMNTS.com every day.

Bitcoin 100

Bitcoin blockchain Video Apple 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

That curiosity was piqued by my walks to the office when I am in town (I live in Beacon Hill in Boston) and my mental counts of the number of Amazon boxes I see out on trash day. Today, Walmart is the fourth largest pharmacy operator in the U.S., For Walmart, landing the spot of No.

Retail 167

Retail Online Branding Analysis 167

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

At the same time, the market caps of the top 20 retailers have lost more than $230 billion over the last two years, and mall operators are sucking wind as overstocked anchor stores shutter underperforming locations, which delivers a death knell for the stores that depend on anchor store foot traffic to lure customers in. What Innovation?

Big Data 135

Big Data Data Retail Marketing 135

CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

It comes as no surprise, then, that big tech players like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are investing heavily in data security — especially as several have fallen victim to data breaches themselves. is a Boston-based startup that verifies government-issued IDs for third-party businesses. Table of contents.

Google 76

Google Apple Security Data 76

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. If Google has its way, passwords will be a thing of the past – and hip, hip, hooray for that. Google is said to begin testing an alternative to logging in with passwords in favor of one that mixes a bunch of things to authenticate the consumer. And will people want and use it?

Bitcoin 109

Bitcoin Fraud Mobile Apple 109

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. Most also know that to do that, they have to pay attention to doing right by those stakeholders.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

They’re also bullish on how Element AI’s cooperative platform and “non-predatory” approach to AI talent (in which academic researchers are paid like private employees) will accelerate AI innovation. Other early-stage AI startups operating in the AI-for-business niche include Saba Software and DataFox. Julia Computing.

Security 34

Security Capital Software Data 34

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Technology enthusiasts draw pictures on whiteboards showing bots as the new king of the stack, out-stacking the last great stack — apps, which sit on top of the next-to-last great stack — mobile operating systems, which sit on top of the next-to-next-to-last great stack — the web. We take our weather very seriously in Boston.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Select Investors: Google Ventures, Y Combinator, First Round Capital, SV Angel, BoxGroup, Bloomberg Beta, Founders Fund, Fenway Summer Ventures, 7Percent, Wells Fargo & Company. Circle Internet Financial. Zume Pizza.

San Francisco 77

San Francisco Company US California 77

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Diana Chin (HR & Operations). Katerina Frolovicheva (MD, Technologies Innovations). This is a leading bank in Russia, with a track record of fintech innovation. David Carr (Innovation Manager). Showing a data segmentation manager on a map of the Boston area. Now a more “Google”-like dashboard.

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Analytics 40

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs. Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

Innovation 74

Innovation San Francisco Georgia Technology 74

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. HQ: Boston, MA. In today’s world there is uncertainty around many things, your finances don’t have to be one of them. Key Executives.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Forward-thinking startups and large tech companies like Facebook and Google are focused on innovation in single-family and multi-family residential construction. Now, startups and tech giants are getting in the mix, trying to fix the ways the real estate industry designs, builds, and operates. Construction industry trends.

Seattle 56

Seattle Capital Industry New York 56

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. “We’re in a test-and-learn phase as we consider what other investment routes we should explore.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Thinking that way misses a much bigger point: That is, looking at an “average” percent of sales done in a physical store is about as accurate as following the Farmer’s Almanac ‘s prediction of the average amount of snowfall in Boston each winter by examining how furry the caterpillars are. Take books, for example. Not anymore.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. Galloway’s narrative asserts that “the four” — Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google — should be broken up. Their twins. Our really, really bad weather.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Another B2B startup operating in the data analytics space is Looker, which landed this week’s largest funding round. The new funding will go toward product development and operational expansion, reports said, with Looker aiming to help companies consolidate data across their siloed systems. Wise Systems.

Analytics 176

Analytics Data Capital Software 176

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Australian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from the project. and a dearth of people with technical, operational experience running energy facilities. The lack of people with real operational experience “hurt KiOR a lot,” says O’Connor.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

When I realized I needed to buy a pair of spinning shoes for a spin class three days later, I went to Google to find articles on the latest and greatest styles, and then to Amazon to read reviews and make my purchase. It was also a look, maybe for the first time for some, at what was then a real innovation in shopping.

Innovation 170

Innovation US Maine Google 170

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

This is the year that everyone takes a critical look at the innovations they’ve pursued over the last decade to decide what’s worth taking forward into the decade of the ‘20s and what’s best left behind in the decade whose door will close 358 days from today. Roughly 55,000 vehicles use it to get in and out of Boston every day.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Read on for post-mortems on 10 of the latest startups to bite the dust. Product: Quidsi. Product: Guvera.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. I need a new pair of snow boots; it’s Boston, and winter is coming.”. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. I need a new pair of snow boots; it’s Boston, and winter is coming.”. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112